The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) yesterday confirmed that it has started an official inquiry into EU-financed public procurement contracts awarded to a company until recently owned in part by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz.

Planned government changes in the tax system require a new structure, government office chief János Lázár said, adding that this may entail appointing a new management. He said he was offering his “personal opinion” on Economy Minister Mihály Varga’s recent comments—the minister said changes to tax office management were being considered in light of the government’s handling of the US entry ban ...

Hungary cannot accept two of the European Commission’s country-specific economic policy recommendations, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. One of these are the comments on its fostered work programme and the other is in connection with planned budget adjustments, Orbán said after an EU summit in Brussels. The European Council has declared the recommendations “generally acceptable”, which means ...

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, addressing the German-Hungarian chamber of commerce and industry, said that although not every aspect of Hungarian economic policy is favourable to every German company operating in the country, the economic environment is generally positive for foreign investors. “Contrary to the opposing view, Hungarian governance is genuinely predictable when it comes to the ...

Thanks to the government’s advance planning for the 2016 budget “everyone can move forward,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his regular Friday morning interview with public radio. The goal is to push the jobless rate down to around 3% by 2018- 2019, which in effect would mean full employment. Tax cuts are a means to stimulate employment and they are also tantamount to a pay rise, he added.

By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: When Quaestor investment house went bust, so did a lot of hard−working people. The government and Győr’s football team were unscathed, but many ordinary citizens were not.

The economy ministry’s draft for next year’s state budget will be submitted to the government at its next session, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio. Orbán said that he expected the budget to be passed by parliament before the end of the spring session, adding that an early budget would increase predictability.

It is possible that a potential purchase of the Hungarian unit of Sberbank by the government will be a subject of today’s talks between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó told Napi Gazdaság without elaborating.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) yesterday confirmed that it has started an official inquiry into EU-financed public procurement contracts awarded to a company until recently owned in part by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz.

Planned government changes in the tax system require a new structure, government office chief János Lázár said, adding that this may entail appointing a new management. He said he was offering his “personal opinion” on Economy Minister Mihály Varga’s recent comments—the minister said changes to tax office management were being considered in light of the government’s handling of the US entry ban ...

Hungary cannot accept two of the European Commission’s country-specific economic policy recommendations, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. One of these are the comments on its fostered work programme and the other is in connection with planned budget adjustments, Orbán said after an EU summit in Brussels. The European Council has declared the recommendations “generally acceptable”, which means ...

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, addressing the German-Hungarian chamber of commerce and industry, said that although not every aspect of Hungarian economic policy is favourable to every German company operating in the country, the economic environment is generally positive for foreign investors. “Contrary to the opposing view, Hungarian governance is genuinely predictable when it comes to the ...

Thanks to the government’s advance planning for the 2016 budget “everyone can move forward,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his regular Friday morning interview with public radio. The goal is to push the jobless rate down to around 3% by 2018- 2019, which in effect would mean full employment. Tax cuts are a means to stimulate employment and they are also tantamount to a pay rise, he added.

By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: When Quaestor investment house went bust, so did a lot of hard−working people. The government and Győr’s football team were unscathed, but many ordinary citizens were not.

The economy ministry’s draft for next year’s state budget will be submitted to the government at its next session, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio. Orbán said that he expected the budget to be passed by parliament before the end of the spring session, adding that an early budget would increase predictability.

It is possible that a potential purchase of the Hungarian unit of Sberbank by the government will be a subject of today’s talks between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó told Napi Gazdaság without elaborating.

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